 I'm Dr. Jeffrey Bonacci, I'm a general and bariatric surgeon performing surgeries at Mid-Michigan Health. Over the past year I've had the privilege of performing robotic bariatric surgeries at Mid-Michigan Medical Center in Midland and recently they have added the DaVinci XI surgical system which offers the latest robotic technology. There are several advantages of robotic surgery over traditional aprescopic surgery. The first of which, the instrumentation is risted and it gives you the ability of creating new angles that may not be able to be achieved with traditional aprescopic surgery. Also the visualization is significantly improved where robotic surgery offers you a 3D perspective of each patient during surgery. Some of the benefits that I've witnessed in my patients are shorter recovery and less pain post-operably as well. Since there aren't any additional requirements for robotic surgery the vast majority of patients that would qualify for laparoscopic bariatric surgery would also be candidates for robotic surgery. When patients express that interest to me I'm glad to be able to help them out in that respect. As a surgeon I'm very excited to be part of the Advanced Robotics team at Mid-Michigan Health and be able to offer this latest technology to all my bariatric patients.